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From: oneill@lll-lcc.aRpA (Neil J. O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Spare mouse cable?
Message-ID: <650@lll-lcc.aRpA>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 00:12:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  6 00:12:34 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 00:43:18 EST
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Reply-To: oneill@lll-lcc.UUCP (Neil J. O'Neill)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore Ca
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In article <5813@amdahl.UUCP> krs@amdahl.UUCP (Kris Stephens) writes:

>I can fabricate a new cable (simple), except that the strain-relief
>(which didn't) is molded onto the cable, so I could expect damage
>to the internal PC board, eventually; then I'd *really* need to
>replace the mouse.  In the meantime, I've spent the $100 to another
>manufacturer and bought a trackball.

Check the strain-relief again.  I just checked 4 mouses and even though the
strain-relief looks molded on, it isn't.  If you pull hard enough the cable
will slide through it.  You can pull it down, cut out the bad wire, and then
hook everything back up (might need a new internal cable connector, but
it looks like a standard thing) for a very neat fix.  Of course, if you have
an honest-to-god really-molded-on strain-relief then the above instructions
are just so much ka-ka and your complaints are justified.
-- 
N. J. O'Neill
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(oneill@lll-lcc.arpa)
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